## Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim Siman 62

###### Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 62:1
[Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 62:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shulchan%20Arukh%2C%20Orach%20Chayim/r/62:1)

**מי שלא דקדק בקריאת שמע או לא השמיע לאזנו. ובו ה סעיפים:**
אף על פי שמצוה לדקדק באותיותיה קראה ולא דקדק בהן יצא:

**Mishna Berura Yomi:**
**[The Laws of] one who is not precise with the recitation of the Shema or did not make it heard to his [own] ears, and it contains 5 se'ifim**
Even though it is a mitzvah to be precise regarding the letters [of the Sh'ma], one who has recited it without being precise with them has [nonetheless] fulfilled their obligation.


###### Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 62:2
[Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 62:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shulchan%20Arukh%2C%20Orach%20Chayim/r/62:2)

יכול לקרותה בכל לשון ויזהר מדברי שיבוש שבאותו לשון וידקדק בו כמו בלשון הקודש:

**Mishna Berura Yomi:**
One may read [the Sh'ma] in any language, and they should be careful to avoid word mispronunciations in that language, and one should be precise in it just as in Hebrew [lit. "the Holy tongue"].


###### Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 62:3
[Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 62:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shulchan%20Arukh%2C%20Orach%20Chayim/r/62:3)

צריך להשמיע לאזנו מה שמוציא בפיו ואם לא השמיע לאזנו יצא ובלבד שיוציא בשפתיו:

**Mishna Berura Yomi:**
[When reading the Shema,] one must hear with their ears what comes out of their mouth, but if one did not hear it, they [still] fulfilled their obligation as long as they brought it out of their lips (i.e. articulated it with their mouth).


###### Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 62:4
[Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 62:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shulchan%20Arukh%2C%20Orach%20Chayim/r/62:4)

אם מחמת חולי או אונס אחר קרא קריאת שמע בלבו יצא: הגה ואף לכתחלה יעשה כן אם הוא במקום שאינו נקי לגמרי ואינו יכול לנקותו משום אונס יהרהר בלבו ובלבד שלא יהא המקום מטונף לגמרי דאסור להרהר בד"ת במקום הטנופת [ב"י סי' פ"ה]:

**Mishna Berura Yomi:**
If, due to illness or some other unavoidable circumstance, one recited the recitation of the Sh'ma in their heart [i.e. silently], they fulfilled their obligation. Rem"a: And even optimally one may do this if they are in a place which is not completely clean and they are not able to clean it up due to unavoidable circumstances, [in such a case,] one may think [it] in their heart (i.e. recite it silently to themselves) as long as the place is not completely soiled [e.g. with excrement] since it is forbidden to think a matter of Torah in a soiled place. (Beit Yosef, Siman 85)


###### Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 62:5
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צריך ש"ץ להשמיע קולו בשמע ישראל כדי שישמעו הקהל וימליכו שם שמים ביחד:

**Mishna Berura Yomi:**
The prayer-leader needs to make his voice heard with "Sh'ma Yisrael" so that the congregation will hear and declare the kingship of the Heavenly Name together.